Political Quotes

“I rise and stand here today fighting for the working men and women each one of us--whether Democrat or Republican, whether you belong to a 100-Member Senate or a 435-Member House--use in our commercials. Every one of us goes out and basically tries to attract working men and women to vote for us because we say: We are coming here to fight for you. We are going to stand up for you. No one is going to walk over you, push you aside, or forget about you. Every one of us has done those ads. Our 435 House Members had to go home yesterday because it was time for Christmas. I remind all of my colleagues that we have basically missed 100 working days this year. Do you think we have been overworked? I don't think so, but I guess my House Members did because they had to go home. They never even gave us the courtesy of giving us a 3-day extension. We can work through these problems. We have said that, but that is not even there. I guess they think they want to jam us. We are here fighting for the United Mine Workers pension, people who have given this country everything they had. These are people who said: I will go down there and get the energy you need to win the war and the energy you need to build this country. I have the industrial might--the middle class. We will build it. We are the middle class. That is who they are. That is all they said. We made commitments to them.…”